Dacus (Didacus) ciliatus Loew, 1862

El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), Zootaxa 4299 (2), pp. 151-190 : 162

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scientific name	Dacus (Didacus) ciliatus Loew, 1862
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Dacus ciliatus Loew, 1862a: 7 . Syntypes. Guinea ; South Africa (Cape: Cape of Good Hope ) ( NRS, ZMUC).

Dacus sigmoides Coquillett, 1901: 29 . Holotype. Mauritius ( USNM).

Dacus brevistylus Bezzi, 1908: 149 . Syntypes. Eritrea ( Dintomi di Adi Ugri & Cheren) ( MZLS, MCSNM).

Dacus apoxanthus var. decolor Bezzi, 1924a: 467 . Syntypes. South Africa (Cape: Grahamstown ) ( SANC).

Tridacus mallyi Munro, 1925: 42 View in CoL . (Nomen nudum).

Dacus insistens Curran, 1927: 85 . Holotype. Zaire ( Bas – Zaire: Boma) ( AMNH).

Dacus cocciniae Premlata & Singh, 1987: 401 . Holotype. India (Punjab: Chandigarh) (PUCP). [See Drew & Romig (2013) for the date of publication].

Distribution. AF: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Senegal East to Somalia, South to South Africa, Yemen. AU:

Australia. OR: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. PA: Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Israel.

Egyptian localities. Eastern Desert: Abu Sultan, Gebel Asfar, Ismailiya. Fayoum:?. Lower Nile Valley: Dokki, El-

Baragil, Giza, Imbaba, Qalubiya, Nahya, Sharqiya. Upper Nile Valley: Aswan, Kom Ombo, Qena. Western Desert :

Kharga Oasis.

Host plants. Cantaloupe ( Cucumis melo var. cantalupo Ser. ), cucumber ( Cucumis sativus L.), marrow ( Cucurbita

pepo L.), orange ( Citrus x sinensis (L.) Osbeck), and watermelon ( Citrullus sp.). Source: El-Sabah et al. (2004).

Dates of collection. Throughout the year.

Dacus (Didacus) frontalis Becker, 1922

Dacus frontalis Becker, 1922: 74 . Holotype. Sudan ( Bara ) ( ZMHB).

Dacus ciliatus var. duplex Munro, 1932: 155 . Syntypes. South Africa ( Transvaal : Rosslyn) ( SANC). Dacus scopatus Munro, 1948: 22 . Holotype . Kenya ( Mbololo ) ( SANC).

Distribution. AF: Cape Verde Is., Egypt, Kenya to Namibia & South Africa, Sudan, Yemen. PA: Egypt. Egyptian localities. Eastern Desert: Ismailiya. Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Giza, Qalubiya, Sharqiya. Host plants. Cucurbitaceous plants.

Dates of collection. January to March.

References

El-Sabah, B., Fetoh, A. & Afia, Y. (2004) New records for parasitoid species on the cucurbit fruit fly, Dacus ciliatus (Loew) and the peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders), (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 14 (1), 73 - 76.

Becker, T. (1922) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der mit Unterstutzung der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien aus der Erbschaft Treitl von F. Werner unternommenen zoologischen Expedition nach dem anglo-Agyptischen Sudan (Kordofan) 1914. VI. Diptera. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Mathematisch-Naturwissen-schaftliche Klasse, 98, 57 - 82. [1923]

Bezzi, M. (1908) Ditteri Eritrei raccolti dal Dott. Andreini e dal Prof. Tellini. Parte Seconda. Diptera Cyclorrhapha. Bollettino della Societa entomologica italiana, 39, 3 - 199. [1907]

Bezzi, M. (1924 a) South African trypaneid Diptera in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 19, 449 - 577.

Coquillett, D. W. (1901) New Diptera from southern Africa. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 24, 27 - 32. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.24 - 1243.27

Curran, C. H. (1927) Diptera of the American Museum Congo Expedition. Part I. Bibionidae, Bombyliidae, Dolichopodidae, Syrphidae and Trypaneidae. Bulletin of American Museum of Natural History, 57, 33 - 89.

Drew, R. A. I. & Romig, M. C. (2013) Tropical Fruit Flies of South-East Asia: (Tephritidae: Dacinae). C. A. B. International, Oxfordshire, 653 pp.

Loew, H. (1862 a) Bidrag till Kannedomen om Afrikas Diptera. Ofversigt af Finska vetenskapssocietetens Forhandlingar, 19, 3 - 14.

Munro, H. K. (1925) Biological notes on South African Trypaneidae (fruit flies). Union of South Africa, Department of Agriculture. Entomology Memoirs, 3, 39 - 67.

Munro, H. K. (1932) Notes on Dacus ciliatus Lw., and certain related species (Dipt. Trypetidae). Stylops, 1, 151 - 158. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 3113.1932. tb 01374. x

Munro, H. K. (1948) New African Dacinae (Trypetidae, Dipt.) with some preliminary statistical studies. Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa, 11, 13 - 33.

Premlata & Singh, A. (1987) A new species of genus Dacus Fabricius (Tephritidae: Diptera) from India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 84, 401 - 404.

Abbreviations

NRS	Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
ZMUC	Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen
USNM	Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
MZLS	Musee Zoologique
SANC	Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute
AMNH	American Museum of Natural History